Eibar and Girona battled it out at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium after Eibar took a one-nil lead in the first leg of the Segunda Division playoffs. The two sides were both trying to book themselves into the finals after finishing in the top six of the league.
The tragic fall from the top spot continued for the Basque side as Girona came out 2-0 winners in extra time giving them a 2-1 aggregate win. Eibar were clinical in their chances and solid in their defending, utilising a perfect game plan for the match.
This article will be a tactical analysis of the key tactics deployed by Míchel to secure Girona a chance to reach La Liga next season. It will also be an analysis of what went wrong for Eibar.
Line Ups
Both teams stuck to their formations from the first leg but chose to remain in the shape for the entire match this time around. They also both made changes in terms of personnel for the match with the two legs only three days apart from each other.
Eibar changed suspended right back Tejero with 35-year-old captain Arbilla, along with two more changes as the third top goal scorer in the league Stoichkov came in to replace Quique and Blanco taking the centre forward position from Fran Sol. This was a stronger squad for Eibar in the second leg compared to Eibar who looked to have a weakened starting eleven as big-name Stuani started on the bench along with González, Aleix García and Sáiz.
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